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At the same time, countries and communities across the continent are developing new approaches to mental health care that can complement conventional, specialist-centered models and offer transferable lessons for mental health system transformation globally.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"ab-ysc260005-2\">\n                    <jats:title>Observations<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>This Special Communication proposes 4 transferable design principles for scalable and culturally responsive mental health systems, synthesized into a comprehensive conceptual framework and context-sensitive implementation road map: (1) workforce and educational transformation, (2) community-based care architecture, (3) systems integration, and (4) cultural and pluralistic care. Evidence from multiple African countries demonstrates that nonspecialist clinicians, including community health workers and peer supporters, can deliver screening and brief psychological interventions when reinforced by training and supervision. Community-based models are increasingly shifting care closer to where people live, incorporating recovery-oriented approaches that emphasize social reintegration. Integration of mental health into primary care, HIV services, and maternal health platforms has shown promise, though sustainability remains dependent on broader health system capacity. At the same time, pluralistic care systems, in which individuals engage biomedical and traditional professionals, highlight the need for approaches that are culturally responsive and grounded in human rights. Across these design principles, progress is evident, but implementation remains uneven, and much of the current evidence is limited by short-term evaluations and reliance on symptom-based measures.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec id=\"ab-ysc260005-3\">\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions and Relevance<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Closing the treatment gap in Africa will require more than scaling existing services. It will depend on strengthening locally led research and context-sensitive implementation, embedding innovations within national systems, and investing in workforce development, supervision, and governance. 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